In the early 1900s, car were seen as the 'green' alternative to horses!

In the early 1900s, car were seen as the 'green' alternative to horses!

To many urban Americans in the 1970s, fighting their way through the traffic’s din and gagging on air heavy with exhaust fumes, the automobile is a major villain in the sad tale of atmospheric pollution.

Yet they have forgotten, or rather never knew that the predecessor of the auto was also a major polluter. The faithful, friendly horse was charged with creating the very problems today attributed to the automobile: Air contaminants harmful to health, noxious odors, and noise.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, in fact, writers in popular and scientific periodicals were decrying the pollution of the public streets and demanding “the banishment of the horse from American cities” in vigorous terms.

Experts demanded cars, since cars were the “green” alternative back then. How funny how things change in a century.

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